... positive relationship with companies' profitability. Practical implications The VAIC™ method could be an important means for many decision makers to integrate IC in their decision‐making process, which allows insurance companies to benchmark themselves according to the IC efficiencies...

...Yasar Jarrar; Giovanni Schiuma; Fadi Salem Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of international benchmarking studies as drivers for e‐government development. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows that after reviewing 44 published e‐government...

...J. Bauer; S.J. Tanner; A. Neely Benchmarking is a powerful tool that, when applied properly, provides an organization with invaluable insights to support the achievement of their objectives. This paper describes how the results of a consortium benchmarking study on performance measurement were used...

.... In 2003, Dubai was formally inaugurated as leading knowledge village (benchmarked with Singapore). So called knowledge cities are emerging (e.g. Barcelona) that shape the urban design for the knowledge economy and its knowledge workers. During the 1990s, the research by Paul Romer at Stanford...

... on a benchmark study recently performed by the author at prominent, global companies, and during projects he performed, in the area of performance management, at various clients. © MCB UP Limited 2002 A clear management control model provides the structure for a consistent responsibility structure...

...Robin Holt; Andrew Graves Benchmarking is introduced as a practice of non‐financial assessment that promotes continual performance improvement. Its relevance to and possible consequences for the public sector are discussed in relation to a case study in construction procurement. A pilot study...

... is included and the paper discusses the possibility of using results from the Business Excellence Model as a proxy for actual financial results in Sweden and Denmark. In order to establish an overall benchmarking system for Danish companies based upon the principles of business excellence, the Danish...